Friday, February 8, 2008

Professional Research

Teaching English, How To….
Topic: Secondary English
Raymond Stopper
Summary of the Ideas in the Book

Below, I have listed the ideas in chronological order in my book, Teaching English How To…. I am interested in the reader’s responses to these ideas. In all there are 31 ideas about teaching English. I will publish one a day. Please respond, write the number of the item, select your choice and write your comments. Thank you. Here are your choices: (A) Completely agree. (B) Somewhat agree or disagree. (C) Completely disagree. (D) No opinion. Comment:

5. Professional Research. Value of reading professional research: raises questions and suggest answers. Teachers can learn much about teaching by conducting their own research in their own classrooms. I suggest that people in English education NOT use research to support a political point of view about the teaching of English without being ready to identify clearly the research, its findings and limitations. (A) Completely agree. (B) Somewhat agree or disagree. (C) Completely disagree. (D) No opinion. Comment:

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